Bulldogs Head to Princeton Invitational

Apr 09, 2010

Seven of Eight Ivy League Teams In Attendance

NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Yale men’s golf team will be
heading down to Princeton, N.J., this weekend to take on
seven-eighths of the Ivy League and a number of other teams.
The Princeton Invitational is being held at the Springdale Golf
Club and will take place with two rounds on Apr. 10 and the final
round on Apr. 11.

The Springdale Golf Club will be set up as a 6,390-yard par
71. It is one of the oldest in the state of New Jersey. It
was designed by Gerard Barnes Lambert in 1915 to be nestled among
the trees and buildings of Princeton University. It was later
revised in 1926 by William S. Flynn. Flynn is best known for his
work on the Merion Golf Club in Merion, Pa.

At last year’s Princeton Invitational, the Bulldogs took
second behind Rutgers, after a thrilling Sunday charge up the
leaderboards. The Bulldogs defeated all their Ivy
competition: Columbia, Harvard, Penn and Princeton. The
charge was led by Taylor Hakes ’09, who shot the only
under-par round of the tournament 70 (-1) to finish in second
place.

The Bulldogs are coming off a huge weekend at home in the Yale
Spring Opener. The Bulldogs won the tournament with a team
score of 582 (+30), besting Central Connecticut (583) by one
stroke. The Bulldogs also took down league opponents Harvard
(592) and Dartmouth (600). Yale was led by freshman Carson
Weinand, who shot rounds of 71 (+2) and 72 (+3). He finished
tied for second and just two shots behind the winner, Justin Hughes
of Central Connecticut. Junior Brandon Marick tied for the
lowest round of the tournament with a 69 (E). He opened the
tournament with a 77 (+8) and finished tied for seventh.